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Food and the City: New York's Professional Chefs, Restauranteurs, Line Cooks, Street Vendors, and Purveyors Talk About What They Do and How They Do It
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Ina Yalof
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Insider's journey through NYC's culinary landscape.
If you're someone who savors the flavor of a city not just through its food but also through the tales of those who craft it, "Food and the City" is a book you shouldn't miss. Ina Yalof serves a platter of personal narratives that offer a taste of New York's diverse food scene from street level to the high-end kitchen. When you close this book, you'll feel like you've walked the city streets alongside its culinary wizards, understanding their passions and the ingredients that make up their flavorful lives.
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
Food and the City: New York's Professional Chefs, Restauranteurs, Line Cooks, Street Vendors, and Purveyors Talk About What They Do and How They Do It
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Ina Yalof
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ISBN: 9780399168925
Authors:
Ina Yalof
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
Date of Publication: 2016-05-31
Format: Hardcover
Goodreads rating: 3.98
(rated by 556 readers)
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An unprecedented behind-the-scenes tour of New York City’s dynamic food culture, as told through the voices of the chefs, line cooks, restaurateurs, waiters, and street vendors who have made this industry their lives. In Food and the City, Ina Yalof takes us on an insider’s journey into New York’s pulsating food scene alongside the men and women who call it home. Dominique Ansel declares what great good fortune led him to make the first Cronut. Lenny Berk explains why Woody Allen’s mother would allow only him to slice her lox at Zabar’s. Ghaya Oliveira, who came to New York as a young Tunisian stockbroker, opens up about her hardscrabble yet swift trajectory from dishwasher to executive pastry chef at Daniel. Restaurateur Eddie Schoenfeld describes his journey from Nice Jewish Boy from Brooklyn to New York’s Indisputable Chinese Food Maven. From old-schoolers such as David Fox, third-generation owner of Fox’s U-bet syrup, and the outspoken Upper West Side butcher “Schatzie” to new-kids-on-the-block including Patrick Collins, sous chef at The Dutch and Brooklyn artisan Lauren Clark of Sucre Mort Pralines, Food and the City is a fascinating oral history with an unforgettable gallery of New Yorkers
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Insider's journey through NYC's culinary landscape.
If you're someone who savors the flavor of a city not just through its food but also through the tales of those who craft it, "Food and the City" is a book you shouldn't miss. Ina Yalof serves a platter of personal narratives that offer a taste of New York's diverse food scene from street level to the high-end kitchen. When you close this book, you'll feel like you've walked the city streets alongside its culinary wizards, understanding their passions and the ingredients that make up their flavorful lives.
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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